Game



J. BAILEY `(MME Filed May 14, 1927 May l. 1232sA iNVENTOR WITNESS: ATTORNEY Patented May 1, 19.25.

-Jnrrnnson Barner, or snnnnnfarronn istanti.

GAME.

Application led May 14, 1927.

This invention has particular relation to games embodying among other characteristics a board provided with a labyrinth playingface. v

Another object of the invention comprehends a transparent coverplate forthe passages.

A further objecty of the invention contem platesgdiscounting pockets located atV the entrances ot blind passages.

Morevspecilically stated the passages are disposed concentrically of the pen.

TWith the above and other objects in view, the invent-ion further consists of the following novel features and details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying' drawing, and pointed out in the appended claim. n

In the dravvingz- Figure 1 is asectional vienT taken on line 1-1 of Figure 2.

Figure 2 is a transverse section taken on line 2*-2 of Figure 1.

As generally known in the tilting forms of gaine boards having` balls or movable objects adapted to olldiv a circuitous course or otherwise to a common goal that the balls or objects may `lollovv one another with more or less precision or if once solved Would require no skill when playing thereafter.

A primary object of the invention is to so dispose discounting pockets or depressions in the game board at the entrance oli' blind passages communicating with passages .leading to a. common goal to provide batlles at the intersections of the passages wherein the egress of the balls through the passages is most diiiicult.

In carrying out the invention I provide a game board or platform provided with upstanding llange portions 11 upon they marginal edges thereof. The inner sides of the flange portions are recessed to receive the peripheral edges ott a transparent panel 12 disposed an appreciable distance above the tace ofthe game board.

A partition Wall 1.3 concentrically arranged uponthe upper :tace ot the game board 10 and disposed in spaced relation to the upstanding flange portions 11 is provided With entrance openings 14 at diagonally opposite corners of the board. A blind alley 15 upon the face of the board 10 and having an odset 16 upon one end has its entrance opening disposed in juxtaposition to one at the entrance openings le. An addi Serial No. 191,408'.

tional blind alley 17 being disposed at right angles to the alley 15 is provided with an entrance opening' 18 and having one Wall eX- tended for a greater dista-nce than a companion Wall to provide an oblique passage Way behind the alley 15. A right angularly disposed partition Wall extended in spaced relation and parallel to the Wall 13 is eX- tended as a continuation of the end Wall with the blind alley 17 and yhaving the remotecendfthereof disposed in 'spaced relation to the olli-set and closed end 16 of the blind alley 15 to provide an entrance opening 2O therebetween. Two continuous passages are thus provided upon the game board save for the aforementioned entrance openings. A Wall 21 extended in parallelism with the Wall 19 and having one wall extended for a shorter distance than the adjacent wall thereof provided with a companion Wall 22 is adapted to provide a right angularly disposed blind alley 23; one end ot the entrance Wall thereof being` closed and formed as a continuation of the Wall 21 and a Wall 24 extended in alignment with the Wall 22 and provided with an offset 25 closed again-st one Wall ot the blind alley 15 to provide a double blind alley 26. A single Wall 27 is extended in spaced alignment with the shorter end ot the wall 21. A Wall 28 of the same length as that ot the Wall 27 is provided with a` closed end 29 to provide a blind alley 30 with a U-shaped Wall 31. A. blind alley 32 located within the mouth of the U-shaped ivall 31. is extended in parallelism With the alley 30. A. Wall 3B is right angularly disposed upon onc Wall of the alley 32. A substantially L-shaped Wall 34 connected with the U-shaped Wall 31 is connected at an appropriate point in the length ot the transverse leg thereof with the closed end Wall of a companion Lesliaped Wall S6 extended in opposed relation thereto. The latter mentioned lrshaped Wall 36 has the upper end of the vertical leg thereof disposed in spaced relation tothe adjacent portion of the U-shaped Wall 31. A single Wall 37 carried by the Wall 31 is extended in parallelism with the vertical leg ot the wall 36. An additional single Wall 38 is provided with successive oilset portions or Walls 39, 40, L.l1 and 42, all of which being extended at right angles to eachother; the latter mentioned Wall being relatively short to provide an entrance to the partial enclosure defined. f I

Disposed 'Within the entrance tor each of the blind alleysI are discounting depressionsor pockets 43.

The game is to be known as the hen game, the idea being to shoo the hens and a rooster through the various passages clear of the discounting passages and depressions and blind alleys to the pen 44 located at the approximate center of the passages and board. The objects may be designated by balls, and preferably seven, six of Which indicate hens and one, which may be of a varied color, may indicate the rooster.

The transparent top l2 is called into use to prevent the balls, that is, the hens and rooster from becoming misplaced from the respective courses pursued.

The invention is susceptible of various changes in its form, proportions and minor details of construction, and the right is of the board and located centrally of the entrances for the blind alleys.

in testimony whereof I aix my signature.

JEEEEEsoN BAILEY 

